Health and Nutrition of Amsterdam, OH Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

Fifty five percent of Amsterdam residents report that their diet is generally healthy. People here have milk to drink or on their cereal 12 times per month. This includes chocolate and other flavored milks, as well as hot cocoa made with milk, and does not count small amounts of milk added to coffee or tea. People living here eat an average of five meals (breakfasts, lunches or dinners) per week that were prepared away from home in places such as restaurants, fast food places, food stands, grocery stores or from vending machines.

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Oral Health

The average Amsterdam resident last visited a dentist two years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Thirteen percent think they might have gum disease (might have swollen gums, receding gums, sore or infected gums or loose teeth). Amsterdam residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 41 percent. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of two days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 11 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Amsterdam residents 16 years and older is 65 inches. The average weight is 152 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 30. Thirty one percent of people living here are obese. Twenty five percent have ever been obese. Twenty five percent have ever tried to lose weight.

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Drug Use

Hundred percent of Amsterdam residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Eleven percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Eleven percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste. Seven percent have ever used methamphetamines.

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Diabetes

Seventy one percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Amsterdam residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate one time at night (from time they go to bed at night until the time they get up in the morning).

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Taste & Smell

Ninety four percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Nineteen percent have ever had their tonsils removed. Thirteen percent have ever had a broken nose or other serious injury to face or skull.

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Health Insurance

Seventy five percent of people living in Amsterdam are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Sixty three percent of people living in Amsterdam have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure). Sixty three percent of people take their blood pressure at home. Sixty nine percent of people in Amsterdam frequently check their blood cholesterol. Fifty percent of people have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that their blood cholesterol level was high.

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Dermatology

Sixteen percent of people living in Amsterdam use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirteen percent of Amsterdam residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Thirteen percent often feel down, depressed, or hopeless. Thirty one percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Thirty one percent of people often feel tired or have little energy.

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Prescription Medications

Amsterdam residents on average take one prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Forty four percent of people living in Amsterdam have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 2.2 days per month on average. They have 9.2 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on 55 days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Amsterdam residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Hundred percent of males have ever had vaginal sex with a woman. Seventy five percent have ever performed oral sex on a woman. Twenty five percent have ever had anal sex with a woman. Thirteen percent of males in Amsterdam have ever had any kind of sex with a man, including oral or anal. Ninety percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Fifty three percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifteen percent have ever had anal sex. People in Amsterdam were 16 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. The average man in his lifetime had any kind of sex with 72 women. He has vaginal sex with 60 women. People living here were on average 20 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. In their lifetime they performed oral sex on average on seven women. People in Amsterdam were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on three men in their lifetime. The average person in Amsterdam has vaginal or anal sex 51 times a year. Nineteen percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Amsterdam 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with four men on average. Seventy five percent of men 18 years old and older are circumcised.

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Pesticide Use

Nineteen percent of households in Amsterdam use chemical products in their homes to control fleas, roaches, ants, termites or other insects. Thirteen percent use chemical products in their lawns or gardens to kill weeds.

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Sleep Disorders

Amsterdam residents 16 years and older usually get seven hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Thirteen percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Forty six percent of Amsterdam residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Nineteen percent of Amsterdam residents' work involve vigorous-intensity activity that causes large increases in breathing or heart rate, like carrying or lifting heavy loads, digging or construction work for at least 10 minutes continuously. Thirty one percent of people do moderate-intensity activities at work that cause small increases in breathing or heart rate such as brisk walking or carrying light loads for at least 10 minutes continuously. Thirteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. Thirteen percent do any vigorous-intensity sports, fitness or recreational activities that cause large increases in breathing or heart rate like running or basketball for at least 10 minutes continuously. People living here spend five hours sitting on a typical day (this includes sitting at work, at home, getting to and from places, or with friends, including time spent sitting at a desk, traveling in a car or bus, reading, playing cards, watching television or using a computer). They usually sit and watch TV or videos for about three hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Thirteen percent of Amsterdam residents have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma. Thirty eight percent are overweight. Thirteen percent have trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses. Twenty five percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Hundred percent of births in Amsterdam were vaginal deliveries. 100.0 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Sixty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Hundred percent of women breastfeed their children.

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Current Health Status

People living in Amsterdam report their general health condition on average at 52 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 31 percent of Amsterdam residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Amsterdam spend $363 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 31 percent of their income. The average family in Amsterdam spends $50 on food at other stores monthly. This is three percent of their income. They spend $111 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Amsterdam report their general condition of hearing on average at 85 percent. Ninety two percent of them can usually hear and understand, without the use of a hearing aid or any other listening devices, what a person says without seeing his or her face if that person whispers to them from across a quiet room. Hundred percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room. Forty three percent of Amsterdam population have been bothered by ringing, roaring or buzzing in their ears or head. Fifty six percent of people living here have ever had a job where they were exposed to loud sounds or noise. Loud means so loud that they must speak in a raised voice to be heard. Twenty two percent of people in Amsterdam had off-work exposure to loud noise.

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Physical Functioning

Twenty five percent of Amsterdam residents 20 or older have limitations caused by a long-term physical, mental or emotional problems or illnesses keeping them from working at a job or business. Twenty five percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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